Michael Bay Promises Fewer Robots In Transformers 3

[omid17]

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Michael-Bay-Promises-Fewer-Robots-In-Transformers-3-16591.html
But there’s only so long you can talk about sound before the Transformers 3 questions creep in. Sure enough, the LA Times (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/01/how-transformers-got-that-boomboompow.html) reported “Although the number of robots increased significantly from the first film for the second, the third film -- which will hit theaters in summer 2011, won’t be as robot-heavy and there will be fewer explosions, a tight-lipped Bay said after the Q+A.” The article also quotes Bay as having said, “There will be a nice crescendo ending.” He added, “It gets much more into the robot character. The last time you kind of met a few of the robots; this time you’re gonna get a much cooler landscape.”

[Golgo-13]

More robot character development..? Meh, at the this point i couldn't really care less. Especially if the development involves the Twins. Sounds like they're also going to Cyberton.

[bell110]

Well, Bay and Character Development are not something I would expect in the same sentence. I just hope it not as bad as RotF.

[Jake Cassidy]

More Sideswipe. That's all I really care about.


Oh, and Megan's arse. :woot:

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

He is definately going the right way if this is really what he will be doing, we need kess human development and more for the robots this time.

[Jake Cassidy]

The only human characters that should be in this are Sam, Mikaels, Lennox, Epps and Simmons (I like him, so sue me :woot:). Maybe a cameo from Sam's parents. That's it.

[Casius--J]

I'm all for more robot development. I thought introducing more robots in the second movie would be a good thing, but then it turned out to be a mess as most of them were there to just get blown to pieces.

[Chris B]

If Bay's being honest, then that sounds good. No more than three, maybe four, Autobots wouldn't be a bad idea. I really just want Prowl and Wheeljack to show up personally. And the story possibly focusing back on Cybertron is cool if that's what he meant.

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Yeah, I really hope they do go back to Cybertron but only take a few of the humans with them.

[Mr. Earle]

Its like Michael Bay is a little kid. He still doesnt know what he's doing. ROTF was slammed for being stupid, having too many robots and explosions and now Bay will address all that but **** something else up.
I mean, ROTF practically had no plot, just action scenes and crass jokes tied together so i have no faith in Bay that TF3 will be any better.

Oh, and the problem with ROTF wasnt the number of robots. Nobody cares about the nameless Megatron followers that get slashed away by Prime anyway. Its that Bay introduced too many robots without developing anyone but Prime who became a murderer and Starscream who became a wuss. Oh yeah, and those ****ing twins.

[MMMMM...Dounuts]

I hope Star Scream actually does something, besides being a little b*tch

[Jake Cassidy]

Its like Michael Bay is a little kid. He still doesnt know what he's doing. ROTF was slammed for being stupid, having too many robots and explosions and now Bay will address all that but **** something else up.
I mean, ROTF practically had no plot, just action scenes and crass jokes tied together so i have no faith in Bay that TF3 will be any better.

Oh, and the problem with ROTF wasnt the number of robots. Nobody cares about the nameless Megatron followers that get slashed away by Prime anyway. Its that Bay introduced too many robots without developing anyone but Prime who became a murderer and Starscream who became a wuss. Oh yeah, and those ****ing twins.

You're still complaining about a movie that came out 6 months ago and Bay's the little kid? :oldrazz:

[Avengers-Report]

I hope Star Scream actually does something, besides being a little b*tch

Starscream should have been the backbone of the script for the second movie, not the random crappy fallen.

[TheVelvetOnion]

This news confirms my theory on what they will be covering in Transformers 3

[Golgo-13]

Its like Michael Bay is a little kid. He still doesnt know what he's doing. ROTF was slammed for being stupid, having too many robots and explosions and now Bay will address all that but **** something else up.
I mean, ROTF practically had no plot, just action scenes and crass jokes tied together so i have no faith in Bay that TF3 will be any better.

Oh, and the problem with ROTF wasnt the number of robots. Nobody cares about the nameless Megatron followers that get slashed away by Prime anyway. Its that Bay introduced too many robots without developing anyone but Prime who became a murderer and Starscream who became a wuss. Oh yeah, and those ****ing twins.

Your spot on here. I was all for more dialogue/character developement from SS and such, but at the expense of getting the character wrong..? Prime has never been a 'Dirty Harry' type executioner like he was in rotf; that's not Prime. The Starscream that i know was never a *****. He would openly tell Megatron that he wants to take over, and that he doesn't agree with his strategies. This SS was a complete wuss......now i'm referring to G1 SS. Maybe there's another SS incarnation that Bay's SS is based off of, or maybe it's a different take...someone educate me, but imo they dropped the ball big time with Prime and SS in TF2. :cmad:

[Mr. Earle]

You're still complaining about a movie that came out 6 months ago and Bay's the little kid? :oldrazz::hehe:Your spot on here. I was all for more dialogue/character developement from SS and such, but at the expense of getting the character wrong..? Prime has never been a 'Dirty Harry' type executioner like he was in rotf; that's not Prime. The Starscream that i know was never a *****. He would openly tell Megatron that he wants to take over, and that he doesn't agree with his strategies. This SS was a complete wuss......now i'm referring to G1 SS. Maybe there's another SS incarnation that Bay's SS is based off of, or maybe it's a different take...someone educate me, but imo they dropped the ball big time with Prime and SS in TF2. :cmad:Thanks!

[Venom160]

Yeah yeah blah blah we've heard this from Bay before and what did we get? Robot balls and the tard Twins. At this point I wish paramount would just kick this douche and get a new director.

[Mr. Earle]

Yeah yeah blah blah we've heard this from Bay before and what did we get? Robot balls and the tard Twins. At this point I wish paramount would just kick this douche and get a new director.Now come on, Michael Bay is a great director.
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[Colossal Spoons]

I'd like less humans too :o

[TheVileOne]

Why should I believe Michael Bay?

His idea of funny robot characters is Mudflap and Skidz.

[Doc Ock]

Now come on, Michael Bay is a great director.
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:hehe: Gotta love Robot Chicken.

[Zant]

Wow all this Bay hate,you would think by now haters would boycott his movies ,but most of y'all will still watch this movie

[Doc Ock]

Wow all this Bay hate,you would think by now haters would boycott his movies ,but most of y'all will still watch this movie

You think so? I still haven't seen Transformers 2.

[Jake Cassidy]

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[Spade]

Michael Bay

into character

fewer explosions

Yup, that sounds like something I can take to the bank, and that won't totally be proven wrong before the first trailer's out.

[NickNitro]

Childish Humor at an attempt to connect with a younger audience + Explosions + Bad Character Development = TF1, TF2, TF3

Its sad but this mentality should have been implimented in the FIRST film. Now that he has seen the lashings of actual fans of the cartoons and characters he feels he can say "oh wait guys, I can still fix it I promise!"

His views on the Robots will never change and I am very doubtful of the outcome of the 3rd movie.

Or maybe Im wrong and he blows us out of the water and redefines himself as a Director/Producer......Or maybe reality sets in and he drops TF3.

GO THOR, CAP, and AVENGERS!

[storyteller]

Yet somehow Bay's movies seem to work. I'm sorry but clearly the audience enjoys his films if they do this well. Name alone rarely draws that much Box Office. The thing about being a director is seeing what does and doesn't work while still enjoying your work and not just catering to the viewers(but again Bay seems to give what the people want).

Bay is not going to stop making films the way he does until





PEOPLE STOP WATCHING HIS FILMS.

[Posioned Bat]

It's the explosion and big fights that can attract the simplest mind that's attracted to violence. (also Megan Fox can be a reason for attracting a particular target audience) Let's face it, Michael Bay's has came up with a plan of being half-lazy and just allowing some one to write the script and he won't stop them. -_-

[redfirebird2008]

Name alone rarely draws that much Box Office.

Spider-Man 3 says, "Hello." :woot:

[Jake Cassidy]

^ That was following on from 2 very successful movies.

[Jake Cassidy]

It's the explosion and big fights that can attract the simplest mind that's attracted to violence. (also Megan Fox can be a reason for attracting a particular target audience) Let's face it, Michael Bay's has came up with a plan of being half-lazy and just allowing some one to write the script and he won't stop them. -_-

Simple minded?

You can't even spell 'poisoned'. :oldrazz:

[Mace Dolex]

I don't care what people say about ROTF, I'm a die hard TF fan since the 80's and I loved it, the plot (yes there was one) was easy to follow, the twins weren't that bad as critics made them out to be (Jar Jar Binks is worse), I don't think the humans dominated too much of the film there was an equal balance between the two.

People are making it out like TFROTF is the worst piece of cinematic experience when I can cite other movies that are really bad.

I'm not a fan of all of Michael Bay's films but he's done a decent job with TF and eagerly await for TF3.

[Ipodman]

Michael Bay needs to introduce the robots better....

[Grommers]

You know, I watched RotF last night..I only had watched it previously in theatres.


All I can say is, that I love it this time around. It IS a mindless action flick...

and i mean after watching the cartoon..there really isn't much difference...there is tons of robots that never get introduced really in the show that well.

It really isn't that deep...

(I don't know how it is like in comics and I guess that could bring an argument in)

But realistically..it was transformers to me, just jazzed up a lot more..well, minus Jazz.

I really enjoyed it for what it was...cool action scenes if I want character development I'll go watch Batman..for transformers I don't mind it the way it was.

[Midnyte_Sun]

Although I thought Transformers and its sequel weren't that good, I really enjoyed Bad Boys I&II and The Island.

[omid17]

they need extras in LA, im thinking about goin in lol

[Fading]

I don't care what people say about ROTF, I'm a die hard TF fan since the 80's and I loved it, the plot (yes there was one) was easy to follow, the twins weren't that bad as critics made them out to be (Jar Jar Binks is worse), I don't think the humans dominated too much of the film there was an equal balance between the two.

People are making it out like TFROTF is the worst piece of cinematic experience when I can cite other movies that are really bad.

I'm not a fan of all of Michael Bay's films but he's done a decent job with TF and eagerly await for TF3.

I agree, tho I wasn't a fan of the twins in ROTF in the least.

I've been a fan of TF since G1, and I enjoyed both movies. I went in expecting a good popcorn flick, and I got it. I never expected it to be a masterpiece of cinema. Were there things I would have like to have seen added, or different? Sure, but that doesn't mean the experience was ruined just because it didn't follow my image of how a Transformers movie should be. Then again I seem to disagree with a lot Hype members (even if I'm not vocal with it) on what an enjoyable movie is. I'm not typically a fan of mindless Hollywood CGI fests, but I enjoyed the Spiderman movies, Wolverine, Watchmen, the Matrix trilogy,and Transformers, yet according to many on the Hype they were the biggest failures of all time despite their sales. Even tho I agree all of those movies could have been better, they were still fun movies to watch. Then at the same time I didn't think TDK and Avatar were the greatest movies of all time like so many here did.

A lot of TF fans get stubborn when it comes to these movies (same with any fandom I guess really). Where certain things are untouchable. Like the complaints of Prime having flames, Bumblebee not having horns, and so on. Yet everyone seems to forget that G1 isn't the only version of TF's. There has been G1, 3 or so unreleased in America Japanese G1 cartoon's (Headmasters, Victory, and Masterforce or something like that), the Beastwars ones (including the anime Neo versions), RID, the Unicron "trilogy", Animated, comics, games, and so on. In each one we've seen popular characters get completely reimagined in form, transformation, and personality. Yet only with the movies is this considered a game breaking disaster for some reason.

On top of that, everyone seems to attack it as if all Transformer series were great novels, and only the movies could be shallow. Gotta tell ya, as much as I loved the G1 cartoon...it wasn't the deepest of series. Sure, it had a great setting, characters, mythos, and it did from time to time give good stories. However it also gave us a bumbling apron wearing Grimlock, Transformers pretending to be knights in a kids dream, a planet with a brain that's basically a big psychologist, a robot who falls in love with a human and shows it by opening his chest panel and a LED heart shape showing, and so on, and so on. The Transformer series have been chocked full of shallow moments, and a lot of episodes were very action heavy and explosion filled. Yet it was still a great series, and very enjoyable to watch despite it's hiccups.


While I agree that the movies could be improved (character personalities, story, robot designs), that at the same time does not mean the movie is unwatchable. Dragonball was unwatchable. That Will Ferral Land before Time was unwatchable. Transformers is more light on story than a Star Wars, but it's also a flashy, fun, enjoyable movie. If you go into it looking for things to nitpick on you probably won't enjoy it no matter how good or bad it actually was. I see ppl listing problems I didn't even notice in the films like, "1 hour 37 minutes and 24 seconds in there was a graphical glitch where character x was missing a finger!". It's like ppl take a notepad into the theatre with them with movies like Transformers, or Wolverine just to look for things they don't like so they can bash it.


Edit - Reread and it did seem kinda harsh. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with not liking it. Like I said, I feel some things could have been improved on as well. I guess it just bothers me when certain movies are targeted before they even get released as being THE movie to hate on. Movies like Transformers seem to be a place for haters to gravitate to. Despite a lot of ppl actually liking it, you'd never believe it was even watchable without inducing vomiting if you read online opinions.

[AnorexicBatman]

WHY DOES HE CARE?

Transformers: ROTF was one of the highest grossing movies of all time!
Money! Money! Money! Who the **** cares about plot and drama anymore? What are you 80 years old? Boobs, explosions and exploding boobs.... YAHOOO!!

[TheVileOne]

Michael Bay cares because despite what anyone says he cares what the critics say. Bay wants to be like James Cameron basically. Pearl Harbor was supposed to be like his SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. He basically admitted that he was disappointed he was forced into going back to stuff like Bad Boys 2 afterwards.